I now have 50. - Update Make that 51 now....

[duckyfromoz]

I havent been on here much lately as I started hatching early ( for Australian conditions ) and having so many- they are just keeping me so busy. I cant believe I actually have so many ducks ducklings...and goslings!!! I bought the 6 goslings but have hatched most of the others myself. Even when growing up as a teenager on a farm I dont remember ever having this many. My oldest littlest one hatched this year has even just started laying. She is now 19 weeks old and such a sweet little girl.

Here are a few recent pics..

Now just over two months old- this lot of 6 to hatch are all girls.

This is my newest to start laying...Stevie - Ray spent a day in a kids petting pen and met some chickens for the first time. The goslings I brought home were there too- and I couldnt resist buying them all.

This is Noggin.. the result of some experimental colour breeding to aim for a runner that looks similar in colour to a saxony. Not quite their yet...But he still has a molt to go before his true adult colour will show.

 

[Mahonri]

Interesting 'red feet' on that white runner.

 

[Hattiegun]

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they are waaay awesome

 

[desertdarlene]

Are those booties on that white duck? Cute!

 

[duckyfromoz]

Its a pair of Nettie's duck shoes. They sure made the kids smile!! Seeing a duck wearing shoes was a real novelty for them.

 

[satay]

Well done Ducky. You have been busy

I have a question for you. I recently purchased 2 Indian runners as babies. What age should I be able to tell boy from girl and what should I be looking for to tell them apart. I thought I had bought runners a while ago but they turned out not to be. These actually are this time.

 

[lovesduckies]

Well done Ducky!! they sure are adorable. and those geese are precious too. So your final count is 50 after all??

 

[duckyfromoz]

Well...it might be 51 tomorrow morning..I was turning some eggs for the last time as I placed them in the hatching tray this morning...and saw a beak in an airsac of one egg. A little early theis one...eager to get out of the egg.

Satay...You can hear a change in the voice from about three- 4 weeks old...The girls voice is more of a quack and the boys have a rapsy voice.

 

[MysticalMom]

Awesome! You are a BUSY bee. Beautiful ducks and geese! ( and chickens. lol)

 

[Amiga]

Oh, so lovely!!!!

(Still so grateful for all your help this year!)